Final Report - Volume 1 - the South Wales Police Federation

AcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsThis review has been demanding and stimulating in equal measures. When I accepted theinvitation of the Home Secretary to carry it out, I did not appreciate the complexity anddifficulty of some of the issues which would face me, or the magnitude of the task. I have noregrets about accepting that invitation, but I wish to record my great appreciation of those whohave helped me in this work.My greatest obligation is to my adviser Sir Edward Crew, whose almost forty years’ experiencein policing, and whose wisdom and judgment developed over that time in relation to thiscritical public service, have been placed most generously and fully at my disposal. I am certainthat the task on which I embarked in October 2010 would have been immeasurably moredifficult and arduous, and the nature and quality of my recommendations considerably lesssoundly based, without the enlightened counsel which Sir Edward has given.I also have a considerable sense of obligation to Professor Richard Disney for his outstandingwork on the labour market dimension of the report, including his work for Part 2 on basic andlocal pay in particular. This has proved of immense assistance in understanding the conditionsand dynamics of pay in policing and developing proposals which, if accepted, should last formany years to come.I wish to record also my obligation to the Secretary to the review, Mr Paul Wylie of theHome Office, without whose industry and conspicuous ability it would have been impossiblefor me to have issued this report. My great thanks also go to the Deputy Secretary to thereview, Ms Elizabeth Allen, the review secretariat Dr Elizabeth Wright, Mr Joseph Barker,Mr Cameron Styles, Miss Joanna Keefe, Mr Jonathan Tecwyn, Miss Daniella Oliviero,Dr Hiroko Plant and Miss Carolyn Armstrong, all of the Home Office, Miss Elena Collinsof the NPIA, and Miss Lucy Smith of White & Case LLP. Miss Nilima Shah and Ms KateBradley, also of White & Case LLP, provided considerable help in the preparation of the reportfor the press.I am also immensely grateful to Mr Michael Williams of KPMG, who was seconded to thereview for three months in 2011, and to the partners of KPMG for their generosity in releasinghim for so long.I should also place on record my appreciation of the allowances and latitudes afforded to meby my partners at White & Case LLP in relation to the considerable amount of time which thiswork has taken.Finally, I wish to thank all of the people and organisations who contributed to the work of thereview through their written and oral representations, and the police officers and members ofpolice staff who gave so generously of their time during my visits to police forces in England,Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. I found these visits, and the opportunity to spend somuch time speaking to police officers and police staff, of very considerable assistance inunderstanding policing and in formulating my recommendations.9